Compelled by Eternity....

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I recieved this by an email from my best friend, Peachy Lady, and I thought I would share you this email, which this story had brought tears to my eyes... :tears: ..

Enjoy.... :mrgreen:


Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven-year-old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel Tracts.

This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside as well as pouring down rain.

The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, "OK Dad, I'm ready."

His Pastor Dad asked, "Ready for what?"

"Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out."

His Dad responded, "Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring rain."

The boy gave his Dad a surprised look, asking, "But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?"

His Dad answered, "Son, I am not going out in this weather."

Despondently, the boy asked, "Dad, can I go? Please?"

His father hesitated for a moment, then said, "Son, you can go. Here are the tracts, be careful, son."

"Thanks Dad!" And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven-year-old boy walked the streets of the town, going door-to-door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel tract.

After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet, and down to his very last Gospel tract.

He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted. Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but still no answer.

Finally, this eleven-year-old trooper turned to leave, but something stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch. He rang again and, this time, the door slowly opened.

Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She softly asked, "What can I do for you son?"

With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, "Ma'am I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU and I came to give you my very last Gospel tract, which will tell you all about JESUS and his great LOVE." With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave. She called to him as he departed, "Thank you son! And God Bless You!"

Well, the following Sunday morning in church, Pastor Dad was in the pulpit. As the service began, he asked, "Does anybody have a testimony or want to say anything?" Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet.

As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face. "No one in this church knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before last Sunday, I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live. So, I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of of the rope around my neck... "

The lady paused, and then continued. "Standing on that chair, so lonely and broken-hearted, I was about to leap off, when suddenlly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought, "I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away. "I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly."

Emotionally, the lady continued on: "I thought to myself again, 'Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me.' And I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang more and more frequently and seemed to be getting louder and louder."

The lady continued to tell her story of the previous Sunday: "When I opened the door and looked, I could hardly believe my eyes, for there on my porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! And the words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had been long dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, 'Ma'am, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.' Then he gave me this Gospel tract that I now hold in my hand."

"As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel tract. Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more. You see - I am now a Happy Child of the KING. Since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel tract, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from eternity in Hell."

There was not a dry eye in the church. And as shouts of praise and honor to THE KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor dad descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was seated. He took his son in arms and sobbed uncontrollably.

Probably no church has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love and honor for his son... Except for One. This Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of Heaven shouted praises and honor to THE KING, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named.

Blessed are your eyes for reading this message. Don't let this message die, read it again and pass it to others. We will meet in Heaven!!!
 
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Awwww :tears: that has got to be the sweetest story I have read in a long long time. Thank you for sharing this.
 
Awww that story is so awsome I ever read. I'd like to pass that to some of relatives/friends if possible....
 
Yes, I got the same thing from Peachlady as well, Very nice and interesting to read. ;)
 
I'm glad you all like it as much as I did. Thanks Angel for posting this story. :hug: We all need to keep reaching out to others and spread the gospel.
 
Angel, that was a very emotionally powerful message. I apologize in advance for asking you to make one small correction. Normally I don't do this but this warm and wonderful story deserves to be perfect.

In the next to the last paragraph where it says: "......the Father sat his beloved Son on a throne far ABOUT all principality.......". Throw out the word, "about" and type in the word "above". Do that and then it will be perfecto! hehe

Thanks for posting this after getting it from PeachyLady!
 
I agree Tousi, I will have one of the mod to correct it for me since I no longer see the edit button....Thank you! :hug:

And you're all very welcome, I'm glad I decide to share this with you all...

God Bless you all!
 
Oh Angel...it is a very beautiful story and it did bring tears to my eyes but i have a question as why this threads name " compelled by Eternity" ?..im a little confused..what does that have to do with Eternity?...I guess i must have missed the boat somehow ha ha.....anyone care to explain?
 
Very nice story Angel. I am always touched by stories like that, even though I am not really religious... more spiritual (I believe in God, but not churches and cults).... but Im still touched. :hug:
 
I also got this email story from Peachy Lady and I sure was deeply moved and touched....It's very beautiful! ;)
 
Defee said:
but i have a question as why this threads name " compelled by Eternity" ?..im a little confused..what does that have to do with Eternity?...I guess i must have missed the boat somehow ha ha.....anyone care to explain?

" Compelled By Eternity " is the title of this story, so therefore it was already written by a writer that made this story, and all I did was copy and paste it in AD.... ;)
 
Ohhhh...that is so sweet story. It made me cry a little bit, awww! I love that, I must copy and paste it to my family and let them read it !!!
 
I'm glad you guys like it, sure go ahead BabyAngel, you may copy and paste it by showing your family and friends, I hope they enjoy it as well....
 
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